Gaois research group

About

Gaois research projects team

Some of the Gaois research projects team, November 2019

Dr Ciarán Mac Murchaidh (Projects director) is a native of Co. Fermanagh and received his secondary education at St Michael's College, Enniskillen. He is a graduate of NUI Maynooth (B.A., M.A., PhD, HDipEd) and the Pontifical University, Maynooth (BD, DLT). He has taught in the Departments of Modern Irish at NUI Maynooth and St Patrick's College Drumcondra, where he was also Dean of Research & Humanities from 2010-2013. He is Secretary of Coiste Léann na Gaeilge, Litríocht na Gaeilge agus na gCultúr Ceilteach (Royal Irish Academy) and Irish-language Editor of Eighteenth-Century Ireland/Iris an Dá Chultúr.

Dr Gearóid Ó Cleircín (Quality manager) has a B.A. in Irish and anthropology as well as a PhD in Modern Irish from Maynooth University. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) on two externally funded terminology research projects, Téarma and LEX. His research interests include terminology, folkloristics and various aspects of the digital humanities. He is a member of the Terminology Committee.

Dr Brian Ó Raghallaigh (Technical manager) has a primary degree in computational linguistics and a doctorate degree in linguistics (speech technology). He is responsible for fuaimeanna.ie and Fuaimeanna na Gaeilge (Cois Life). Principal Investigator (PI) on the Logainm project and a member of both the editorial and management committees of the Historical Dictionary of Irish (RIA).

Mairéad Nic Lochlainn (Research editor) has a B.A. International in Irish and German as well as a Higher Diploma in Education from NUI Galway and an M.A. in Translation Studies from DCU.

Dr Conchúr Mag Eacháin (Research editor) has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Irish and Celtic Studies from Queen’s University Belfast. His doctoral research focused on the Irish dialect of Oirialla and the decline of Irish in that region. He is the author of Téarmaíocht Ghaeilge na hAthbheochana (Cois Life, 2014). His primary areas of research include dialectology, lexicography, the Gaelic Revival, toponymy and folklore.

Jamie Murphy (Research editor) has a degree in Irish and French from University College Cork as well as an M.A. in Translation Studies from Dublin City University. He completed his M.A. thesis on translation theory in Children’s Literature. As well as this, he spent some time working in the Irish translation unit in the European Parliament in Luxembourg. He is interested in Irish drama, terminology and translation in general. He is currently pursuing a PhD in the area of translation theory and Irish translated drama from the 20th and 21st century.

Mícheál Ó Meachair (Research editor)

Jeaic Mag Fhinn (Editorial research assistant) has an undergraduate degree in Irish Language & Literature and in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame and an M.A. in Modern Irish from NUI Galway. His M.A. thesis was on hero tales collected in the Schools' Collection and gender.

Cathal Burke (Editorial research assistant) has a B.A in Irish and History from University College Dublin where he also attained an M.A. i Scríobh agus Cumarsáid na Gaeilge. While undertaking his master’s degree, he completed an internship with An Gúm. He is currently undertaking an advanced-diploma in legal translation.

Katie Ní Fhaoláin (Editorial research assistant) completed her undergraduate degree in Modern Irish and Geography in Maynooth University, where she also received an M.A. in Modern Irish. Her M.A. thesis dealt with the contemporary writer Anna Heussaff's distinctive skills as she deals with her diverse readerships.

Fiona Faherty (Research assistant) has a degree in Irish and Translation Studies from NUI Galway. She is currently undertaking an M.A sa Léann Teanga (Language Studies) in NUI Galway.

Michelle Dunne (PhD student) has a B.A. in English and Modern Irish and an M.A. in Modern Irish from Maynooth University. The minor placenames and folklore of Rathconnell Civil Parish, Co. Westmeath were the focus of her M.A. thesis between 2012 and 2013. She won the Ríocht na Midhe Postgraduate Prize for Research 2018 with an article on the commemorative minor placenames of Meath and Westmeath. She is interested in Irish folklore, dialectology and (minor) placenames. Her research looks at information about and from women in the folklore collection Seán Mac Mathúna (1876-1949) collected in north-west Clare.

Justin Ó Gliasáin (PhD student) has a degree in Modern Irish and geography and an M.A. in Modern Irish from Maynooth University as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Irish Language and Translation from GMIT. He is interested in toponymy, dialectology and linguistics. His research is on minor placenames in County Kildare.

Michal Boleslav Měchura (Technical consultant) is a software engineer who specializes in language technology and digital humanities. He has a master’s degree in computational linguistics from Trinity College Dublin and has previously worked as a software localization engineer for Microsoft. He is currently doing a PhD in e-lexicography at Masaryk University.

Ronan Doherty (Technical consultant) is design and software consultant with experience in digital humanities, research technology and multimedia publishing projects. He has been working with the Gaois research group since 2013. Technical architect of several other Irish-language projects such as COMHARTaighde and Portráidí na Scríbhneoirí Gaeilge.